League of Legends Now Has 27 Million Players Daily

As if its popularity weren't already well enough established, Riot Games has revealed League of Legends now sees upwards of 27 million players playing on a daily basis, according to the Wall Street Journal.

That's more than twice as many daily players as it had when Riot shared some of the game's impressive numbers in October 2012, when League was seeing 12 million players daily. At the time, its peak concurrent players sat around 3 million, a number that increased to 5 million by last March. Riot now says the game peaks at 7.5 million users playing at the same time.

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It's worth noting that, as a free-to-play game, not all of these people are necessarily paying any money to play -- it's entirely possible to play and enjoy the game without ever spending a dime. That said, the Wall Street Journal report cites SuperData Research numbers that claim Riot sees $624 million in revenue from League every year.

Riot recently stated it sees League of Legends as a game that could be around for decades to come. Since launching in 2009, its popularity has certainly shown no signs of waning.

Season 4 of the League of Legends Championship Series kicked off earlier this month and will continue through April, at which point there will be a break until the second half begins later this year.

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